The committee undertaking registration of voters to elect the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March, will announce the voter lists after endorsement by acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius on Monday (January 23).

“The number of eligible voters reached 2594 persons who have the right to elect a next pope in accordance with the 1957 statute,” said Counselor Minassá Thābit, a member of the committee, in statements. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 21, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic